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Wikipedia / Travis Rettenmaier

Travis Rettenmaier (born August 6, 1983) is an American former professional tennis player and pickleball player. Rettenmaier's highest singles ranking was World No. 273 achieved on February 27, 2006. In doubles, his ranking was World No. 57, which he achieved on July 12, 2010. He was mainly active as a doubles player.

Rettenmaier in 2022 became the first owner/player of a Major League Pickleball team. As a co-owner of the Florida Smash (www.floridasmash.com) Rettenmaier made the finals of the first event at Dreamland in Dripping Springs, Texas. Rettenmaier played alongside JW Johnson, Lee Whitwell and Maggy Remynse.

Rettenmaier is now a full time professional pickleball player.

Career

Rettenmaier, coached by former touring pro Scott McCain, turned professional in 2002 and retired in 2012.

At 6-foot 2-inches, Rettenmaier was a right-hander. He was 2–2 on the ATP Tour in singles matches, and 16–28 in doubles.

Personal life

Travis is the son of Tom and Karen Rettenmaier, and has one sister named Bettina. He started tennis when he was one, and enjoys hard and grass courts best. Aside from tennis, Rettenmaier enjoys basketball, golf, and ping-pong.

He entered UCLA at age 16 and competed for two years for the UCLA Bruins before turning pro.

Rettenmaier now resides in Saint Petersburg, Florida with his daughter Rowyn.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend

Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)

ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)

ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)

ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)

Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)

Clay (1–0)

Grass (0–1)

Titles by setting

Outdoor (1–1)

Indoor (0–0)

Result

W–L

Date

Tournament

Tier

Surface

Partner

Opponents

Score

Win

1–0

May 2010

Belgrade, Serbia

250 Series

Clay

Santiago González

Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk

7–6(8–6), 6–1

Loss

1–1

Jul 2010

Newport, United States

250 Series

Grass

Santiago González

Carsten Ball Chris Guccione

3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Legend

ATP Challenger (0–1)

ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface

Hard (2–1)

Clay (0–0)

Grass (0–1)

Carpet (0–0)

Result

W–L

Date

Tournament

Tier

Surface

Opponent

Score

Win

1–0

USA F5, Harlingen

Futures

Hard

Michael Tebbutt

7–5, 6–4

Loss

1–1

Great Britain F1, Leeds

Futures

Hard

Andrew Banks

6–7(5–7), 6–1, 4–6

Loss

1–2

Manchester, United Kingdom

Challenger

Grass

Harel Levy

2–6, 4–6

Win

2–2

USA F7, Mobile

Futures

Hard

Ryler Deheart

6–1, 7–6(7–0)

Doubles: 39 (27–12)

Legend

ATP Challenger (19–6)

ITF Futures (8–6)

Finals by surface

Hard (19–9)

Clay (7–2)

Grass (0–1)

Carpet (1–0)

Result

W–L

Date

Tournament

Tier

Surface

Partner

Opponents

Score

Win

1–0

USA F28, Laguna Niguel

Futures

Hard

Diego Ayala

John Doran Nick Rainey

6–0, 7–5

Win

2–0

USA F2, Delray Beach

Futures

Hard

Graydon Oliver

Karol Beck Ladislav Švarc

6–2, 6–4

Win

3–0

USA F3, Miami

Futures

Hard

Graydon Oliver

Pedro Braga Alessandro Guevara

6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4

Win

4–0

USA F5, Harlingen

Futures

Hard

Graydon Oliver

Esteban Carril Trace Fielding

6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Loss

4–1

USA F5, Harlingen

Futures

Hard

Bruno Echagaray

Raven Klaasen Huntley Montgomery

walkover

Win

5–1

USA F13, Yuba City

Futures

Hard

Rylan Rizza

Marcus Fluitt Lesley Joseph

6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2

Loss

5–2

USA F26, Costa Mesa

Futures

Hard

Robert Yim

Nenad Toroman Mirko Pehar

6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–6

Loss

5–3

USA F27, Ojai

Futures

Hard

Robert Yim

Julien Cassaigne Bruno Soares

4–6, 3–6

Loss

5–4

Forest Hills, United States

Challenger

Grass

Michael Tebbutt

Brandon Coupe Justin Gimelstob

4–6, 4–6

Loss

5–5

France F17, Nevers

Futures

Hard

Eric Butorac

Bertrand Contzler Slimane Saoudi

4–6, 5–7

Win

6–5

Great Britain F1, Leeds

Futures

Hard

Eric Butorac

Frederik Nielsen Rasmus Nørby

7–6(9–7), 6–4

Win

7–5

Tarzana, United States

Challenger

Hard

Alex Bogomolov Jr.

Nathan Healey Robert Smeets

6–7(3–7), 7–6(9–7), 6–3

Loss

7–6

Binghamton, United States

Challenger

Hard

Alex Bogomolov Jr.

Tripp Phillips Huntley Montgomery

3–6, 2–6

Win

8–6

USA F10, Orange Park

Futures

Clay

Robert Yim

Matej Bocko Daniel Wendler

6–4, 6–2

Win

9–6

Canada F2, Montreal

Futures

Hard

Rylan Rizza

Milan Pokrajac Milos Raonic

7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)

Loss

9–7

Canada F3, Sherbrooke

Futures

Hard

Rylan Rizza

Daniel Chu Adil Shamasdin

6–7(2–7), 6–3, [7–10]

Loss

9–8

USA F7, Mobile

Futures

Hard

Rylan Rizza

Alexander Sadecky Izak van der Merwe

7–6(7–5), 4–6, [7–10]

Win

10–8

Carson, United States

Challenger

Hard

Carsten Ball

Ryler Deheart Daniel King-Turner

6–4, 6–2

Win

11–8

Binghamton, United States

Challenger

Hard

Carsten Ball

Brian Battistone Dann Battistone

6–3, 6–4

Win

12–8

Nashville, United States

Challenger

Hard

Carsten Ball

Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh

6–4, 7–5

Win

13–8

Wolfsburg, Germany

Challenger

Carpet

Ken Skupski

Sergey Bubka Alexander Kudryavtsev

6–3, 6–4

Win

14–8

Jersey, United Kingdom

Challenger

Hard

Eric Butorac

Ken Skupski Colin Fleming

6–4, 6–3

Win

15–8

Monxa, Italy

Challenger

Clay

James Auckland

Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil

7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–4]

Win

16–8

Savannah, United States

Challenger

Clay

Carsten Ball

Harsh Mankad Kaes Van't Hof

7–6(7–4), 6–4

Loss

16–9

Carson, United States

Challenger

Hard

Carsten Ball

Harsh Mankad Frederik Nielsen

4–6, 4–6

Win

17–9

Yuba City, United States

Challenger

Hard

Carsten Ball

Nathan Healey Adam Feeney

6–3, 6–4

Win

18–9

Winnetka, United States

Challenger

Hard

Carsten Ball

Brett Joelson Ryan Sweeting

6–1, 6–2

Win

19–9

Cordenons, Italy

Challenger

Clay

James Cerretani

Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti

4–6, 6–3, [11–9]

Win

20–9

Quito, Ecuador

Challenger

Clay

Santiago González

Michael Quintero Aguilar Fernando Vicente

1–6, 6–3, [10–3]

Loss

20–10

Sacramento, United States

Challenger

Hard

Santiago González

Lester Cook David Martin

6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

Win

21–10

Rome, Italy

Challenger

Clay

Santiago González

Sadik Kadir Purav Raja

6–2, 6–4

Loss

21–11

Lugano, Switzerland

Challenger

Clay

Santiago González

Fred Gil Christophe Rochus

5–7, 6–7(3–7)

Win

22–11

Tiburon, United States

Challenger

Hard

Robert Kendrick

Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Ryler Deheart

6–1, 6–4

Win

23–11

Calabasas, United States

Challenger

Hard

Ryan Harrison

Rik de Voest Bobby Reynolds

6–3, 6–3

Win

24–11

Honolulu, United States

Challenger

Hard

Ryan Harrison

Robert Kendrick Alex Kuznetsov

walkover

Win

25–11

Napoli, Italy

Challenger

Clay

Simon Stadler

Travis Parrott Andreas Siljeström

6–4, 6–4

Loss

25–12

Rome, Italy

Challenger

Clay

Santiago González

Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah

6–2, 3–6, [9–11]

Win

26–12

İzmir, Turkey

Challenger

Hard

Simon Stadler

Flavio Cipolla Thomas Fabbiano

6–0, 6–2

Win

27–12

Honolulu, United States

Challenger

Hard

Amer Delić

Nicholas Monroe Jack Sock

6–4, 7–6(7–3)